(A) The area embraced within the corporate limits of the town and all land owned or leased by the town outside the corporate limits is designated as a bird sanctuary.
(B) It shall be unlawful to intentionally trap, hunt, shoot, or otherwise kill, within the sanctuary hereby established, any native wild bird; provided, it shall be lawful to trap starlings or similar birds or fowl specifically declared a nuisance by the Town Council when such birds or fowl are found to be congregating in such number in a particular locality that they constitute a nuisance or a menace to health or property.
(C) The bird clubs of the town are granted permission to erect artistic signs, giving notice of the regulations provided in this section, at such places and of such design as may be approved by the Town Manager.
('71 Code, § 3-5) (Ord. passed 9-23-75) Penalty, see § 91.99
Statutory reference:
Establishment of bird sanctuaries, see G.S. § 160A-188